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👍 @horseshoepartyuk.bsky.social is right most people are good …. unfortunately that is the problem. Evil people RELY on most people being good. Believe survivors.

Sean Danaher

@seand5.bsky.social

11 Aug

Absolutely. Sadly, I was married to one for seven years. It was as if the part of her brain which contained things like conscience, empathy, self-awareness, or guilt was totally missing. People were essentially cattle or minions to be exploited.

Zagaroth

@a-b-zagaroth.bsky.social

11 Aug

I feel similarly, *but*, for someone in a position like that, there are legal issues with using "lies". While we all believe that the people in question are actually lying, we can not *prove* that they don't believe it. You and I won't get sued for calling them out as liars, but someone like

Zagaroth

@a-b-zagaroth.bsky.social

11 Aug

that will almost certainly end up in court over calling it out as lies. Hedging like that is far more defensible in court. So while I want them to just say lies as a first reaction, my immediate mental check on why they would use 'misleading claims' acknowledges that they have good reason.